Census micro data from 10 countries in the region have been processed and the results will be
examined in an attempt to respond to the following questions:
a) Are indigenous populations still overwhelmingly rural?
b) Is there consistency in the pattern of rural/urban location of specific peoples?
c) Do such peoples have a specific pattern of location within the territory (enclaves,
agglomerations, areas of concentration)?
d) Does this pattern differ from that observed for non-indigenous populations?
e) What is the pattern of distribution of indigenous populations within the urban system?
f) What is the pattern of location of indigenous populations within cities? The combination
of these four propositions (assumptions) is what makes the desired system and routes to it
so complex.